Never mind. I figured out the issue. When I changed
select="document(/files/file)/notification/components/component"/> to
select="document(/files/file)//component"/>, the transformation
worked.

Thanks,
Mark


On Nov 2, 2007 9:11 AM, Mark Peters <flickrmeister@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have several files that I'm trying to merge into a single document.
> In the examples below, I'm trying to combine the component nodes based
> on the id attribute of the name sub-node.
>
> File 1:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <notification>
>     <components>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj1">Fish</name>
>             <mode>Swims</name>
>         </component>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj35">Giraffe</name>
>             <mode>Walks</name>
>         </component>
>     </components>
> </notification>
>
> File 2:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <notification>
>     <components>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj1">Fish</name>
>             <skin>Scales</skin>
>         </component>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj45">Ball</name>
>             <shape>Round</shape>
>         </component>
>     </components>
> </notification>
>
> File 2:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <notification>
>     <components>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj3">Bird</name>
>             <mode>Flies</name>
>         </component>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj45">Ball</name>
>             <mode>Rolls</name>
>         </component>
>     </components>
> </notification>
>
>
> My output would resemble the following:
>
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <notification>
>     <components>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj1">Fish</name>
>             <mode>Swims</name>
>             <skin>Scales</skin>
>         </component>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj35">Giraffe</name>
>             <mode>Walks</name>
>         </component>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj45">Ball</name>
>             <shape>Round</shape>
>             <mode>Rolls</name>
>         </component>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj3">Bird</name>
>             <mode>Flies</name>
>         </component>
>     </components>
> </notification>
>
>
> I used the following transformation:
>
>
> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
> xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
> xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common">
>        <xsl:output indent="yes"/>
>        <xsl:template match="/">
>                <xsl:variable name="temp">
>                        <components>
>                                <xsl:copy-of
> select="document(/files/file)/notification/components/component"/>
>                        </components>
>                </xsl:variable>
>                <notification>
>                    <components>
>                         <xsl:for-each
> select="exslt:node-set($temp)/components/component[generate-id()=generate-id(key('c',name/@id))]">
>                              <xsl:sort select="name/@id"/>
> <xsl:copy>
> <xsl:copy-of select="@*|key('c',name/@id)/*"/>
>                                </xsl:copy>
>                       </xsl:for-each>
>                    </components>
>                </notification>
>        </xsl:template>
>        <xsl:key name="c" match="component" use="name/@id"/>
> </xsl:stylesheet>
>
>
> The output doesn't combine the component nodes by /name/@id. Each
> component is treated as a separate node, with no relationship with any
> other node.
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <notification xmlns:exslt="http://exslt.org/common">
>     <components>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj1">Fish</name>
>             <mode>Swims</name>
>         </component>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj35">Giraffe</name>
>             <mode>Walks</name>
>         </component>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj1">Fish</name>
>             <skin>Scales</skin>
>         </component>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj45">Ball</name>
>             <shape>Round</shape>
>         </component>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj3">Bird</name>
>             <mode>Flies</name>
>         </component>
>         <component>
>             <name id="cpobj45">Ball</name>
>             <mode>Rolls</name>
>         </component>
>     </components>
> </notification>
>
> Does anyone know how I could combine the component nodes based on the
> name/@id value?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
> --
>
> Mark Peters
> Senior Technical Writer
> Saba Software
>



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Mark Peters
Senior Technical Writer
Saba Software